Remington Model Seven ???
Re: Remington Model Seven ???
Likely a limited run from the factory. They crop up time to time. My shop had a "yeti" M700-SS fluted in 22/250 and I can't find alot about it!
Re: Remington Model Seven ???
Look at the barrel date code and then try to fill in the blanks from there.350magman wrote:Hello All. Just returned from our local gun show with a new toy and hoping some of you can shed some light on a 'mystery' Model Seven I acquired. The dealer didn't know a lot about it other than the guy he got it from said it was a non-catalogued item and called a 'Seven LSS SF Custom'. It is a 7mm-08 in stainless with a fluted 20" barrel. It has a laminated stock identical to the Model 673 Guide Gun. This rifle is in like-new condition. I have found out that Remington did make an LSS model from 2000 to 2003. But this version had a non-fluted barrel and a typical Model Seven type stock with the schnabel fore-end. The dealer thought that perhaps my rifle was made up in a limited run for a certain distributor? Any thoughts?
It sounds like somebody's customized wet dream and not something that came out of the factory.
Does it have a "Remington" butt plate or recoil pad?
http://www.remingtonsociety.com/rsa/que ... arrelcodes
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Re: Remington Model Seven ???
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If the letter code you're looking at was "O B", that would put the date as July 2007. Sometimes the letters don't get stamped in perfectly. It's not out of the realm of possibility that that "R" is actually a "B" with the bottom chopped off. There is no "Q" in the month code.
The 7mm-08 is one of the listed cartridge/caliber options.
You might check out these links. The first one is to a thread just a little below this one on the forum.
http://www.remingtonsociety.com/forums/ ... f=5&t=5113
http://modelsevenxcr.orbs.com/
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I'm looking at the 2007 Remington catalog (Pg. 32 & 33) that has pictures of a stainless fluted barrel Model Seven with Camo stock (it's the "XCR Camo")......that matches your description except for the stock.350magman wrote:I don't believe it is a cobbled-up piece. For one thing, I can find no reference to Remington ever offering a stainless Model Seven with a fluted barrel(med./heavy contour). The stock, as I said, is identical to the stock they used on the Model 673(laminated w/wide stripes), and the barreled action fits perfectly. It has the Remington logo on the recoil pad. The only barrel date codes I have go up to 1972. I don't know how to date current Remingtons. The only symbols I see on this Model Seven appear to be OR or QR?
If the letter code you're looking at was "O B", that would put the date as July 2007. Sometimes the letters don't get stamped in perfectly. It's not out of the realm of possibility that that "R" is actually a "B" with the bottom chopped off. There is no "Q" in the month code.
The 7mm-08 is one of the listed cartridge/caliber options.
You might check out these links. The first one is to a thread just a little below this one on the forum.
http://www.remingtonsociety.com/forums/ ... f=5&t=5113
http://modelsevenxcr.orbs.com/
Den